Daniel 12 Scofield
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12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
“end”
The "time of the end" in Daniel. The expression, or its equivalent, "in the end," occurs, Dan 8:17–19; Dan 9:26; Dan 11:35; Dan 11:40; Dan 11:45; Dan 12:4; Dan 12:6; Dan 12:9.
Summary:
(1) The time of the end in Daniel begins with the violation by "the prince that shall come" (i.e. "little horn," "man of sin," "Beast") of his covenant with the Jews for the restoration of the temple and sacrifice Dan 9:27 and his presentation of himself as God; Dan 9:27; Dan 11:36–38; Matt 24:15; 2 Thess 2:4; Rev 13:4–6 and ends with his destruction by the appearing of the Lord in glory.; 2 Thess 2:8; Rev 19:19; Rev 19:20.
(2) The duration of the "time of the end" is three and one half years, coinciding with the last half of the seventieth week of Daniel. Dan 7:25; Dan 12:7; Rev 13:5.
(3) This "time of the end" is the "time of Jacob's trouble." Jer 30:7 "a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation" Dan 12:1 "great tribulation such as was not from the beginning of the world... nor ever shall be" Matt 24:21. The N.T., especially the Book of the Revelation, adds many details.
12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
“many shall be”
A prophecy describing the moral state of the world from Daniel's day to the time of the end. Cf. Matt 13:24–30; Matt 13:36–43; Matt 13:47–49.
12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
“abomination”
(See Scofield "Dan 9:27").
12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
“thousand three hundred and five and thirty days”
Three periods of "days" date from the "abomination" (i.e. the blasphemous assumption of deity by the Beast, Dan 12:11; Matt 24:15; 2 Thess 2:4.
(1) Twelve hundred and sixty days to the destruction of the Beast Dan 7:25; Dan 12:7; Rev 13:5; Rev 19:19; Rev 19:20. This is also the duration of the great tribulation (See Scofield "Dan 12:4").
(2) Dating from the same event is a period of 1290 days, and addition of thirty days Dan 12:11.
(3) Again forty-five days are added, and with them the promise of Dan 12:12. No account is directly given of that which occupies the interval of seventy-five days between the end of the tribulation and the full blessing of Dan 12:12. It is suggested that the explanation may be found in the prophetic descriptions of the events following the battle of Armageddon.; Rev 16:14; Rev 19:21. The Beast is destroyed, and Gentile world-dominion ended, by the smiting of the "Stone cut out without hands" at the end of the 1260 days, but the scene is, so to speak, filled with the debris of the image which the "wind" must carry away before full blessing comes in Dan 2:35.
12:13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
“days”
i.e. of the 1260,1290, and 1335 days.
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12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
“thy people”
That is, Daniel's people, the Jews. Cf. Dan 9:15; Dan 9:16; Dan 9:20; Dan 9:24; Dan 10:14.